- People believe that human activity is affecting the climate
- People think that humans might be affecting the climate
- Some people do not believe human activity is affecting the climate
The first two categories of people are understandable. The last group of people is a little harder to understand. But let’s try to list what climate change deniers believe.
- Climate is undergoing a natural variation and these changes we see are normal
- Climate scientists are part of a government conspiracy
- Environmental protections prevent prosperity
- Climate change is a liberal hoax
- The planet is so vast that there is no way humans can affect it
- If the planet is warming why is it still so cold
- Polar ice covered areas has increased not decreased
- Climate change is a hoax that will return us to the Stone Age
- There is data supporting and other data that does not support climate change and scientists are confused
- The collapse of the fossil fuel industry will cause the collapse of civilization
- CO2 is good for plants and animals
- CO2 is not causing the climate to change
- Solar flares are causing the climate to change
- The planet is actually cooling
- Climate change is good for plants, animals and people
- There is nothing we can do about climate change
- Computer models and temperature records are unreliable and inaccurate